force_tz
From lubridate v0.1
by Hadley Wickham
Replace time zone to create new date-time...
Replace time zone to create new date-time
Usage
force_tz(time, tzone="")Arguments
- time
- a POSIXct, POSIXlt, Date, or chron date-time object.
- tzone
- a character string containing the time zone to convert to. R must recognize the name contained in the string as a time zone on your system.
Details
force_tz returns a the date-time that has the same clock time as x in the new time zone. Although the new date-time has the same clock time (e.g. the same values in the year, month, days, etc. elements) it is a different moment of time than the input date-time.
Value
- a POSIXct object in the updated time zone
See Also
Examples
x <- as.POSIXct("2009-08-07 00:00:01", tz = "America/New_york")
force_tz(x, "GMT")
# "2009-08-07 00:00:01 GMT"}Community examples
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